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The Rift in
the F03
By DORA MOLLAN
111, aScClura Naarapapar Myndlcaia J
In t'elrhavcn the season was draw
ing to a reluctant end. September lind
lecn a gWIous month. .Summer rest
ient were lingering along, lath to
leave. Huge woolsack traveled ma
jestlctrfly across the deep blue sky
-and were reflected In the waters be
nooth. Never were the Hands of the
benches' more duzzllngly white. From
a mile out to seaward cuine the lazy
Hng dong of a bell buoy. Orderly lit
11a wave lapped the shore as recti
larly na the ticking of a clock. It
was the beauty of perfection that can-
Tot last.
As the clerk In the office at the end
of the long row of bathhouses looked
up from hi book long enough to hnnd
Mllllcent Gnrrlsh a rubber hnnd from
which fancied a alcalde key he re
marked confidentially, "That'a the only
one out this afternoon and we close
tonight for the Benson."
The Bun was sbtnlng brightly when
Jllllkcnt emerged from the bath
house, hut far out to sea n thick bnnk
of mist was visible. The little stretch
of public bench wns deserted. There
was no one to admire the Blender,
ahnpoly fljrure revealed by the brown
Jersey bathing suit, as It ran down
the sands and plunged Into (he water.
A hundred feet off Khore floated a
intliera' raft. With a long, enay
overhand ktroke Mllllcent made the
distance in short order and, climbing
the wooden ladder,' sea ted herself on
the canvas-covered floor, bare knees
lrnwn up and hands clasped around
them, looking straight out -to sea.
How she could think. .
There was not a boat In sight and
the fog had already shut from view
the outlying Islands. With no details
to distract one's thoughts the proposi
tion should be an easy one, Mllllcent
And On It Stood a Man.
tjer!ded. She bad only to Imagine Oil
lert Graham there beside her; and If
the thought of bis presence brought
vith It a thrill, if It mude the water
aecm bluer and the clouds whiter,
then the answer she bad promised
Win thnt evening would he the one
Gilbert had sought all summer.
Wisps of mist scudding on a light
east wind, flew by. The parent bnnk
of vapor drew closer to the shore. To
the ceaseless ong of the bell buoy
was 'added the eerie bellow of a fog
siren somewhere In the distance. And
Mllllcent'a Imagination failed in ma
terializing Gilbert Graham sitting
there beside her on the raft. Of a
sudden she realized why the was un
able to conjure the picture. Gilbert
disliked the sea. lie did not even
swim.
Then Milllcent realized ' something
else. The raft was hemmed In on all
sides by the fog. The ding-dong of
the bell buoy seemed to come from be
Idnd her now and yet surely that was
the shore side of the raft. Could she
tie confused In her sense of direction?
Anyway, sounds were often deceptive
the fog; she knew that. It didn't
natter anyway. What mattered was
whether she really did love Gilbert
Graham or didn't
But what was that new note, that
neady undertone? Why, It couldn't
fe anything but the throb of power
ful engines I Thut too Reemed to come
from the wrong direction, for there
. was not depth of water between the
raft and the shore for any but a
pmall boat. Whntever It might be was
coming nearer. I'erhaps the craft bad
lost Its way and was In danger of
going ashore!
Then abruptly the noIe ceased and
of a sudden came a rift In the fog.
Something huge and black loomed. A
Tolcd called, "We're right do It t"
Then, c!oe before M'lUccnt's startled
ves, clcr.ily cr.t!Inel 6n!r.t the drop
Vitalrt of tnW ttL obscured the rest
f P 1 In Will IP
I m m l II IIP
III I Wmr
mi mkmmm
m 1 a
f the craft as completely as though
t did not eIsf, towered the prow of a
'g tug bout. And on It stood a man.
For the fraction of a minute these
wo. the man and the girl, stood alone
n that rlfl In the fog before Mllllcent.
ihruptly turning, plunge! Into the wa
er. Just as the how of the" vessel
touched the raft, and made straight
for the shore. Vet they would have
known each other In eternity.
Even as Mllllcent dlsnppeared the
mnn culled to some one behind htm,
"There's a girl 011 her." As he spoke
be Jumped to'the raft. Hut Mllllcent
was already well on her wuy 'ashore.
The fog lifted as quit ktv as It had
come and the man saw the slender
figure i emerge from the water and
run up the bench. Mllllcent heard hliu
call out, "She's atl right."
As the' girl gained the bathhouses
the clerk called to her: "tin me near
to, taking you along, didn't she? That's
one of the Urahnm Wrecking com
pany's .tugs, come to take the raft
away. Forgot to tell you."
Mllllcent dressed, drove her run-
about home, dlued and costumed her
self for the last dance of the season
at thi clubhouse with a curious sense
of elation. It was as though she saw
everything .about her through a mist
and the only thing that stood out
clearly was the figure of the man on
the bow of the boat. Every detail of
bis appearance was stamped Indelibly
on her mind. He was an outdoor
man for the sun had tanned bis skin
and faded Ills khnkl clothing to the
same tan. It had even bleached bis
wavy hnlr In spots. Ills eyes were
deep blue.
Afterword Mllllcent decided that
she must have spent those hours In
something resembling -an hypnotic
state u walking dream. It lasted un
til Gilbert Urn ham led her determined
ly out Into the darkness of the club
veranda after the first dance, and de
manded his answer. Out nt sea the
fog was closing In and again the dis
tant siren took up Its muffled note of
warning. Without realizing that she
had never yet formulated a decision,
Mlllleent's lips answered "Ho" to Gil
bert's plea. The man she could love
would love the sea; would sense the
romance of work like that of the
wrecking company Gilbert's father
owned ; would revel In the physical
toll and risk of savins ships-human
lives perhaps!"
"I see," Interrupted Gilbert. "It's
because I prefer to be treusurer of
the concern rnther than wear dirty
khnkl and do rough-neck work with
the deckhands like "
Mllllcent shivered. Her elation fell
from her. It wns that mnn on the
prow of the tugboat not us he prob
ably was but as she bad Imagined him
to he whom bhe had been describing
as the mnn she could love. Of course
she would never see him again ! ,
Gilbert observed the shiver and In
terrupted himself to my: "You're cold.
Let us go In."
At the lighted doorway stood n mnn
In white flannels, looking In. He was
browned by the sun and his hair was
burned lightish In spots..
"Hello, I'null When did you show
up?" Gilbert's tone wns one of sur
prise, but It did not express much
pleasure.
Not until Mllllcent, piloted by a
strong brown hand on her arm, was
half way down the walk that led from
clubhouse to pier did she realize what
the introduction had meant. Of
courpe, this was that brother of Gil
bert's who hud charge of their New
England branch. She hadn't dreamed
they didn't look In the least alike
"Half brothers;" the man uncannily
mnde nnswer to her unspoken thought
"Vou you're the glrl,In the fog."
'Yes." answered Mllllcent. And
that sense of elation came again, mul
tiplied. For some note of finality In
I'aul Graham's voice assured her that
they would always be together In a
world of their own, as for tltat long
moment they had been alone In the
rift In the fog.
RARELY FALLS ON SUNDAY
Fourth of March Said to Have Been
Selected for Presidential Inaug
uratlon for That Reason.
The presidential inaugural cere
monies are held quadrennially on
March 4, becnuse Uie first Wednesday
of March, 17S9, was fixed by the old
Continental congress as the day for
commencing proceedings under the
Constitution of the United States, that
being the fourth of the month. This
Constitution was adopted by the con
vention over which George Washing
ton presided on September 17, 1789,
and was to become effective on the ac
quiescence of nine of the thirteen orig
inal states. Ily July, 17SS. ten of the
states had ratified the Constitution,
and September 13, 1788, the congress
of the federation selected the first
Wednesday In January for appointing
electors, the first Wednesday In Febru
ary for casting their votes and the
first Wednesday In March for com
mencing proeetdlngs.
Only four times In the entire 143
venrs since the United States became
1 separate nation has March 4, as In
iuuratln day, fallen upon a Sunday,
''here Is a story to the effect that this
'ute was orlg'nally chosen as the com-
lenceuient of the Presidents terra
ecu use congress floured It up and
u".rd thnt the 4th of March was the
no day In the year which, quadren-
allv.'wuuU full less frequently on
n!ay.
D.pe We Are Waiting For.
V !me heard much about a drop
client imd other things, but when
Me mim drop? Yea. when taa;
chocolate drop?"
Hay Crop Report
Shows Winter Wheat
Is In Fine Condition
A winter wheat condition of 92 per
cent, and an average abandonment of
i per cent; a ry com it on of .i
age except in hecp are the salient
features of the May stop report of the
Nebraska department of agriculture
),. ,.r t
Aoout l per
winter wheat
cent of the acreage of
was abandoned. The
greatest loss is in west central Ne
braska where drouth conditibns pre
vailed last autumn, winter and this
spring. This leaves 3,235,000 acres of
winter wheat for harvest as compared
1 V
wun o..ij.),uuu acres harvested
year. The condition of the remaining
acreage is 92 per cent as comoared to
'1.1 nor Mint MAnlV, n.l
a crop or 50,548,000 bushels as com
usual for this date
n
were verv favnr.-ihl lat nf,,,-
tu rnn i .-.1 . 1: i "
the crop was planted earlier than usu
al. Low temperatures this spring in-
jurea some or tne leaves and killed a
few of the stalks or branches, but
most of the wheat is still thicker than
desirable.
The condition of rye Is 93 per cent
as compared to 92 per cent last month.
The adverse weather conditions re-
Jduced the acreage slightly in west cen
tral iNenraska but the present condi
tion Is good. Some of the oats were
injured by the low temperatures and a 1
.., 11,- K. 11 i.
few of the fields were reseedecl. Pren
aration of ground for corn is well ad
vanced, but planting is being delayed
on account of the cold condition of
the soil.
. The acreage of wild hav is renorted
a 1
96 per cent of a year aro. The
ti inn, h ry comilliOn OI J3 per r. , '"'" nuum
cent, very large stocks of hav, slight plated on ench tree, bearing the
decrease in acreage of all hay and live- name a service man and his organ
stock losses below the ten venr vr. izat;n without indication of rank.
pared to .rH.0i"J.000 bushe U Inwf v.o .
KvrPTit In uoaf ant..d Vk,.,l.- inK l,a by
tnmf nf inr i7 "... Legion post, am
,m h ' JTCZilparta of Nebra
d,M.; u.... C 1 " auxiliary ui wits ex-ervice men a
Jear ao ThT e JinL 83 ' organization co-operated with the
te 9f I 18 i United States public health service in
92 per cent About 22 per cent of last celebratine Mav 12 as the hosnital
cmnarerto", ? HI S? f&m8 8 Sy- & Pted for paS'Yn
verP Thl JliFV1? tht Prer,ou;s public health hospitels holding open
ner cenT Cond,Uon of Pasture is 91 house for their friends; entertainment
Tkf i- 1 features; visits of convalescent pa-
tmJJi t. . L u." frm ?x" ti(,nta t0 theatres and ball parks; vis
tZ rXS Jl1 ,ast ear, tlu5lits oMpecon by the general public
ELl Thf i! ge supply of Lnf, ,imi, festivities. It is believed
fri JJl J-" f.i10r3 &Tii CattIt by thc Pub,ic health mcia,s that the
IK dlsM."euere les than those of wide observance of the day helped
pitraunif year, BUUne losses Ot .
Mieep were greater, ine losses in
sheep were larger than that of the
ten year average. However, the pres
ent condition of health is good, and is
reported as follows: Horses, 98 per
cent; cattle, 9S per cent; sheep 90 per
cent; swine, 9G per cent
Acreage and conditions reports for
the United States are as follows: win
tor wheat remaining for harvest to
tals 38,721,00 acres as compared to
37,773,000 acres harvested last year.
The condition is per cent which
forecasts a crop of fi2!t.2S7,000 bush
els compared to 677,7(3,000 bushels
last year. The condition of rye is
92.5 per cent which indicates a crop
of 72,007,000 bushels as compared to
(i9.318.000 bushels last vear. Tam
1 a rs
hay, 08,879,000 acres compared to 57,
915,000 acres last year. Wild hav. 14.
9G3.000 acres compared to 15,206,000
acres inut year, lhe condit'on of till
hay Is 91.5 per cent. About 19,440,000
tons of last year's crop of all hay
remains on farms as compared with
xifd i i,vw tons n year ago,
Women's Suits all sizes, clos
ing out at one-third to one-half
reduction. 43
Ilighland-IIolloway Co.
REDUCING THE NOISE
Rubber-paved streets are to be given
a triul in London. And, with silent
motor-engines, our' only traffic noises
roon should be the shrieks of injured
pedestrians. London Opinion.
Unless people are going to learn to
grow their own furs it will be neces
sary to build gome more houses very
soon.
Haiti, it is solemnly announced, has
no navigable rivers. And no glaciers,
probably, or ski races. Dear, dearl
Specials for the Week
at the
MODEL
MARKET
Morris Hams,
per lb
33c
. BACON, per pound
25 30 35 38 and 40c
Pot Roasts, 1 C
per lb luC
Round Steak, )Q
per lb LOl
Pork Chops, OF
per lb. aCrJC
Ham Hocks, 171.
per lb II2C
Compound Lard, CI Art
10 lbs. for :pI.UU
Weiners, OA
per pound UC
Bologna, iy
per pound Hi
Summer Sausage Salami
' Braunswauger
Met Sausage
AMERICAN LEGION NOTES
Trees along the jrreat new American
highway would honor every United
States soldier, sailor and marine, if a
proposal put forth by a Chicago news
paper is carried out The project has
the backing of the American Legion
and other civic and patriotic otganl-
P60'2.1 markers would honor tho.e
.V10 , " in r.V
, e c,he7.? Tuhl
.Lincoln Hiirhwav
ncii m wrvice, run success ot
mean that the great
from New 101k to
, rncisco ana ne uixie mgnwnyi
,?m 9h,ca,0 lori1a would, be
fringed with shade trees. Between
C,00() and 7,000 maple trees are to be
planted along the Lincoln highway
in northern Indiana by American Le
gion posts at bouth Bend and Laporte
President Harding has expressed his
' "PP,rova' 01 tin .P'an and the United
I tates. forestry bureau has promised
IIW aid,
June 3 has been designated "Fersh-
the Lincoln American
1 legionnaires from all
ska will be invited to
I participate in the welcoming cere-
! mon esarrangea ior tne leader of the
A. hi. i. General Pershintr will come
to Lincoln to deliver the commence
ment address at the University of Ne
braska, where he was at one time a
student and instructor. Chancellor
Samuel Avery, himself a legion man,
has turned the entertainment of the
distinguished guest over to the local'
post, with the genere.l 8 consent Mar
cus L. Poteet, B. G. Westover and Win,
Cummins, all well-known legionnaires,
will head the various committees in
III It p'ra E.w. .pram-, en!
eral Pershing s home is in Lincoln, and
he is "member No. 1" of the Lincoln
post
"National Hospital Day" received
the endorsement of the American Le-
r-; . . All .1 e . 1
t" ""n. Z" ?r
l,lt ui..,c infest and ho f
lasting benefit to disabled veterans.
Practically all of the officers and a
big per cent of the enlisted men in the !
national guard are American Legion 1
members, according to Adjutant Gen- j
eral Paul. The ex-service men were
slow to take up with the new guard
but during the last few weeks the
majority of the recruits have been!
veterans of the world war. The first)
Nebraska Infantry is now practically '
complete. It will be commanded by j
coionei Amos 1 nomas of Omaha, with
Representative Douglas of Osceola as
lientenant colonel.
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With the holding of tbe United mmmmmmmmmm'mmm''-m-mmmi
X A. II. HARPER, Local Manager j
S Phone 5 We Have it in Stock ph
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9
States attomer irenersl that th trnv
ernment will not be liable In the send
ing out of lists of men who evaded
military service, the war department
will send the draft deserter lists direct
to the state departments of the Amer
ican Legion. Departments will in turn
distribute them to posts which will
check them before they are released
for newspaper publication, to make
certain that no men are unjustly
branded deserters or evaders.
State officers of the American Le
gion on May 7 closed a two week's
tour of Nebraska, during which they
snoke at twentv-flve mertintra nnd via.
ited over thirty local posts. Command-1
er Robert G. Simmons of Scottsbluff
headed the party, which also contained
r rnnic . u tunnel! of Lincoln, depart
The Time to---
l
Save Your Lawn
Is NOW!
If you want a fine looking lawn this sum
mer, the time to begin working on it is right
now. If you will put an hour or so a day
working on it during the early spring, it will
get the full benefit of the spring rains and
will stand a twenty to one better chance of
remaining green during, the hotter and the
dustier days to come. If you don't take care
of it without delay, there is a strong possi
bility that you'll have no lawn to worry about
later on. The first essential is
Garden Hose, per ft. .... lG1 to 23f
You'll need Sprayers, also, and there are
several styles from which to choose.
Another essential to a well kept lawn is to get rid of
the dandelions. We have the Dandelion Rake, which cuts
the heads off the pests so they can be piled' and burned
or, if you prefer, there are several successful Diggers. Above
all, get started soon if you want to make the most fef your
lawn. J
Rhein Hardware Co.
Prompt and Courteous Service
ALLIANCE : NEBRASKA
DIFFERENCE
IN.MOTOR OILS
Every oil made is calculated to perform a
particular use. Probably much of your motor
trouble is caused by wrong selection of lubri
cants. We have in stock, ready for you the oil
that will suit your particular purpose.
IT TAKES ONLY A PHONE CALL
to put our service at your command.
Mutual Oil Co.
lnx'-
J a. 1 a., 1-
ment adjutant and Field Representa-
flVA DoU'CAM A t : I 1 1
w l "'"" neaaquaners.
Members of the state executive com
mittee accompanied the party in vari
ous congressional district, w here meet
ings were scheduled at the larger
towns. The officials were well pleased
with the trip and especially so with
the Fpirit shown by posts in the north
ern part of the state. It is likely that
a permanent field representative will
be 'appointed to keep in touch with
Legion conditions in Nebraska.
Have you a friend graduating
this year? If so, don't you think
a small gift would be appropri
ate? Come in and see the beau
tiful gift things at Thiele's.
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